Three of them, who had been in custody since August 2001, said that they had been beaten by police patrols when they were detained, although two of them said they had not resisted arrest.
Tres de ellos, detenidos en agosto de 2001 por la policía preventiva, afirmaron haber sido golpeados en el momento de la detención; dos de ellos, sin embargo, afirmaron no haber opuesto resistencia a la misma.